Teaching for Understanding: What it is and how to do it - Softcover

Newton, Douglas P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415227917 ISBN 13: 9780415227919

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Review

"At a time when some people seem to judge learning only by its quantity, Newton maintains that collecting information is easy but that understanding should be what really matters...The book will be an important teaching tool for preservice teachers, practicing teachers, and others concerned with effective teaching." -G.E. Pawlas, CHOICE, May 2001

Synopsis

At a time when test results can be everything, high scores may be pursued whatever the cost. Perhaps more than many would admit, the cost is a lack of understanding. This text describes why understanding is worthwhile and what understanding means, particularly in the subjects commonly taught in schools, colleges and higher education. It draws on research to provide a framework of strategies known to support the understanding processes. Learners may fail to understand for a variety of reasons. Why this happens and what can be done is discussed, including inappropriate conceptions of learning amongst teachers and learners, matters to do with motivation, the assessment of understanding, and what learners can do to help themselves. Unlike many books on learning, this text focuses directly on the problem of understanding and how to support it. It recognizes and illustrates the variation of understanding in different contexts and provides a framework for thinking about understanding and how it might be fostered. Understanding can be an early casualty in teaching and learning and an aim of this book is to make it a central and enduring concern at all levels of education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415227917
• ISBN 13: 9780415227919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208